*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Bovlb https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Bovlb - Closed request for comments: Association Football Matches https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Association_Football_Matches
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: State of the Map https://2018.stateofthemap.org/, the OpenStreetMap equivalent of Wikimania, was held in Milan from 28-30 July. There were two meetups on interactions between Wikimedia and OSM, and Wikidata was mentioned in several sessions, including: - OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia:A Quick overview https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OpenStreetMap_and_Wikimedia_(State_of_the_Map_2018).pdf - Maps based on Wikidata queries https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikidata_for_research/State_of_the_Map_2018 - Wikimedia in disaster management and humanitarian aid: an overview https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_Disaster_Response/Talks/State_of_the_Map_2018 - Incoming: Wikidata workshop in Harvard University https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Harvard, MA, USA, on August 8th
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Machine-Generated Knowledge Bases https://blog.primer.ai/technology/2018/08/03/Quicksilver.html - harvesting tuples from news and scholarly corpora and releasing them as open data - Wired story on the above https://www.wired.com/story/using-artificial-intelligence-to-fix-wikipedias-gender-problem/
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikibase quality constraints are now loaded into the Query Service and can be queried https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-August/012281.html. Queries on property talk pages have been adapted. - Wikidata Toolkit 0.9 has been released https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-August/012278.html - A list of Wikidata-related activities for coursework has been started at d:Wikidata:Wikidata curricula/Activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_curricula/Activities - We know have more than 10,000 Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#10K_Lexemes! in Wikidata - A challenge about months of the year is running, you can create Lexemes with the ones in your language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#Lexemes_about_months
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: derived from form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5548, schematic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5555, passive voice https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5560, registration district https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5564, expressed in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5572, coefficient of friction https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5575, number of arrests https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5582, invasive to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5588, microstructure https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5589, normalized Unicode character https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5591, number of works accessible online https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5592, Poisson's ratio https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5593, moisture absorption https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5594, number of platform faces https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5595, relative humidity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5596 - External identifiers: Auteurs en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5538, Eulalie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5539, RedTube ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5540, Paris Faculty of Science professor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5541, Literature Ireland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5542, Livre et lecture en Bretagne ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5543, Paris Faculty of Letters professor ID (1909-1939) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5544, Paris Faculty of Letters professor ID (1809-1908) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5545, College de France professor ID (1909-1939) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5546, CICLIC author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5547, INEPAC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5549, La Vie des idées ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5550, Courrier international topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5551, CNRS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5552, IDIH ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5553, Courrier international source ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5554, KLEKs ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5556, Interbibly author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5557, Le Monde ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5558, MUSE journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5559, Institut culturel de Bretagne ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5561, Tebeosfera ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5562, CSDE Lynching Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5563, CRAN project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5565, RubyGems gem https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5566, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties dead artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5567, Python Package Index project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5568, Tebeosfera character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5569, NooSFere author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5570, NooSFere book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5571, archINFORM ID (locations) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5573, CAGE code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5574, EDb company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5576, Indian census area code (2011) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5578, flight-report.com Airline identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5579, Norwegian National Road DataBase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5580, NATO Stock Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5581, QS World University ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5584, SMS Power identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5585, Times Higher Education World University ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5586, Libris-URI https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5587, oric.org identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5590, Artcyclopedia artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5597, Places of Worship Inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5598, P5599 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5599 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: value is inherited from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/value_is_inherited_from, Guss https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Guss, Countries with high prevalence https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Countries_with_high_prevalence, chieseitaliane ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chieseitaliane_ID, legal status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/legal_status, Match Score https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Match_Score, topic's subcategory https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/topic%27s_subcategory, Covered by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Covered_by, Alexander–Briggs notation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Alexander%E2%80%93Briggs_notation - External identifiers: U-Multirank University ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U-Multirank_University_ID, Trove newspaper ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trove_newspaper_ID, Belvedere object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belvedere_object_ID, Aosdána ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aosd%C3%A1na_ID, Chercheurs d'Asie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chercheurs_d%27Asie_ID, Evene ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Evene_ID, OpenMath ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenMath_ID, GLAMOS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GLAMOS_ID, Swimsuit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swimsuit_ID, archINFORM ID (Schlagwörter) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archINFORM_ID_(Schlagw%C3%B6rter), CMI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CMI_ID, Featured Biographies ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Featured_Biographies_ID, CNT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNT_ID, Comédie-Française ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise_ID, DOLF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DOLF_ID, Marvel character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Marvel_character_ID, FFF character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FFF_character_ID, FFF author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FFF_author_ID, National Cartoonists Society ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Cartoonists_Society_ID, Number World ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_World_ID, legabasket.it coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/legabasket.it_coach_ID, Black Ferns ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Black_Ferns_ID, WSO Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WSO_Online_ID, IEEE standard https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IEEE_standard, ITU-T Recommendation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITU-T_Recommendation, ITU-R Recommendation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITU-R_Recommendation, LOA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LOA_ID, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioth%C3%A8que_de_la_Pl%C3%A9iade_ID, Global Invasive Species Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Global_Invasive_Species_Database_ID, iTunes music video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_music_video_ID - Query examples: - minerals named after women https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fnamed_after%20%3Fnamed_afterLabel%20%3Farticle%20%3Fimg%20%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%2Fwdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ55084935%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20hint%3APrior%20hint%3Agearing%20%22reverse%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20AS%20%25minerals%20%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25minerals%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fnamed_after%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fnamed_after%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fnamed_after%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1025175332117200897) - Frequency of major and minor key tonalities per genre https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20which%20genres%20are%20more%20likely%20to%20be%20in%20major%20key%2C%20which%20in%20minor%20key%2C%20which%20are%20about%20equally%20distributed%3F%0A%23%20note%3A%20some%20tonalities%20are%20neither%20major%20nor%20minor%2C%20e.%E2%80%AFg.%20Q211745%20atonality%0ASELECT%20%3Fgenre%20%3FgenreLabel%20%3Ftotal%20%3Fmajor%20%3Fminor%20%28%3Fmajor%20%2F%20%3Ftotal%20AS%20%3FmajorRatio%29%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ftonality%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%5B%5D%20wdt%3AP826%20%3Ftonality.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25tonalities%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Ftonality%20%3FisMajor%20%3FisMinor%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25tonalities.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftonality%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FtonalityLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FtonalityLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20TODO%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FWikidata_talk%3AWikiProject_Music%23Items_for_major_and_minor_keys%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRENDS%28%3FtonalityLabel%2C%20%22%20major%22%29%20AS%20%3FisMajor%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRENDS%28%3FtonalityLabel%2C%20%22%20minor%22%29%20AS%20%3FisMinor%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25tonalitiesWithMode%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fgenre%20%3Ftonality%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fcomposition%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcomposition%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ207628%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP136%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20%3Fgenre%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP826%20%3Ftonality.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgenre%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ188451.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fgenre%20%3Ftonality%0A%7D%20AS%20%25genresAndTonalities%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fgenre%20%28SUM%28%3Fcount%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20%28SUM%28IF%28%3FisMajor%2C%20%3Fcount%2C%200%29%29%20AS%20%3Fmajor%29%20%28SUM%28IF%28%3FisMinor%2C%20%3Fcount%2C%200%29%29%20AS%20%3Fminor%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25genresAndTonalities.%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25tonalitiesWithMode.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fgenre%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%20DESC%28%3Fmajor%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1026082684483903488 ) - Timeline of Writing Systems https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ8192%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP580%7Cwdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20de%2C%20fr%2C%20es%2C%20it%22%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1025371005324328961) - Nonprofit organizations and the software they develop https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fsoftware%20%3FsoftwareLabel%20%28%2200FFFF%22%20AS%20%3Frgb%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ163740.%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP178%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/1025363188454318080) - Map of newspapers in Oregon https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0A%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fp%20%3FpLabel%20%3Fusnpl%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fc%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ11032%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Fc%20.%0A%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ30%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP495%20wd%3AQ30%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fp%20wdt%3AP5454%20%20%3Fusnpl.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20usnpl%20%28option%29%0A%0A%20%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP291%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/PeteForsyth/status/1024093113638256640)
Development
- Allow to show incoming links on the graph explorer dialog on WDQS ( phab:T197778 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197778) - Fulltext search for Lexemes and Forms (only in Lexeme namespace) has been merged (phab:T196188 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196188) - We are now collecting click data when completion search on Wikidata is used (phab:T196186 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196186) which would serve us to improve search relevancy - Fix a lot of issues with our test system (phab:T200693 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T200693) - Disallow merging of items that link to each other in references and qualifiers (phab:T119614 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119614) - More work on merging Lexemes (phab:T200884 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T200884) - Provide useful HTML title for Lexemes (phab:T195386 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195386) - Improve the validation and error message when a label, description or alias is too long (phab:T145932 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145932, phab:T200780 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T200780) - Expose constraint violations to WDQS (phab:T192567 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192567) - Add the possibility to download result of a query from the embed mode ( phab:T176797 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176797) - Get persistent editing of Senses done (phab:T196270 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196270) (you can try it now on the beta system https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1) - Work on edit summary of Senses (phab:T196290 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196290) - Work on diffs of Senses (phab:T196289 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196289)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview - Suggested and open tasks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks ! - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items . - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next